Results 3,281-3,300 of 4,092 for speaker:Michael D Higgins
- Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2006: Second Stage. (2 Jun 2006)
Michael D Higgins: The Minister should use his personal half hour for the amendments.
- Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (1 Jun 2006)
Michael D Higgins: Question 36: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the planning which has been done in her Department to give effect to the commitment to deliver 3,000 additional acute hospital beds as outlined in the National Health Strategy, apart from those already provided; the progress which has been made in identifying the regions and specialties where further beds will be located;...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (1 Jun 2006)
Michael D Higgins: Question 25: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the call from the Royal College of Surgeons for an improvement in services for breast cancer patients across the State; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that six years on from the publication of a report on the development of services for symptomatic breast disease here that inequalities of access...
- Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (1 Jun 2006)
Michael D Higgins: Home helps.
- Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (1 Jun 2006)
Michael D Higgins: They have all been cut.
- Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (1 Jun 2006)
Michael D Higgins: I welcome the opportunity of saying a few words on the Bill. Any legislation that addresses the issue of care for the elderly, particularly those who are dependent in any way, is welcome. However, when one considers what is required I must agree with Deputies who have suggested that the Bill takes only a small step. In assessing what is required it is important to define the perspective from...
- Business of Dáil: Motion. (1 Jun 2006)
Michael D Higgins: A Leas-Cheann Comhairleââ
- Business of Dáil: Motion. (1 Jun 2006)
Michael D Higgins: Is it proposed to distribute the change to the order?
- Leaders' Questions. (31 May 2006)
Michael D Higgins: That is news also.
- Lisbon Agenda. (31 May 2006)
Michael D Higgins: There is a crisis in regard to the implementation of the Lisbon Agenda. Does the Minister of State agree that the following is the basis of that crisis? In every country, particularly France and Germany, where it has come to the fore, there is a perception that the Lisbon Agenda â adopted in 2000, at its mid-term point in 2005 and due to be completed in 2010 â was a text carefully...
- Lisbon Agenda. (31 May 2006)
Michael D Higgins: Exactly. There is a neglect of cohesion.
- Lisbon Agenda. (31 May 2006)
Michael D Higgins: What of the poverty gap?
- Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (30 May 2006)
Michael D Higgins: Question 157: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will bring forward measures for the regulation of the content of mobile phone products and services; his views on ending the self-regulation of this sector and incorporating the functions of RegTel into ComReg; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20641/06]
- Written Answers — Broadcasting Services: Broadcasting Services (30 May 2006)
Michael D Higgins: Question 163: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when the consultants Deloitte and Touche and William Fry Solicitors will report on an implementation plan for the establishment of TG4 as an independent statutory body; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20640/06]
- Written Answers — Middle East Peace Process: Middle East Peace Process (30 May 2006)
Michael D Higgins: Question 371: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps Ireland, and the EU, will take to ensure Israel's compliance with international law in view of the Israeli Government's ongoing ignoring of calls made by the Quartet to freeze settlement expansion and the construction of the separation barrier. [20894/06]
- Written Answers — Middle East Peace Process: Middle East Peace Process (30 May 2006)
Michael D Higgins: Question 372: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the role the Government is playing in mobilising the Quartet to give meaning to the vision of two viable states of both Israel and Palestine; his views on whether a lack of international impartiality will ensure that peace will remain elusive in view of the fact that actions on both sides have contributed to the situation of insecurity and...
- Written Answers — Middle East Peace Process: Middle East Peace Process (30 May 2006)
Michael D Higgins: Question 373: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if, in view of the deepening poverty levels among the Palestinian population, the Government will commit to providing the aid that had been earmarked to the Palestinian Authority, and the Government will call for a full resumption of European Union assistance. [20896/06]
- Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (25 May 2006)
Michael D Higgins: Question 38: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of Gaelscoileanna here; the number that are in temporary accommodation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19889/06]
- Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (25 May 2006)
Michael D Higgins: Question 63: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of Educate Together schools here; the number that are in temporary accommodation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19890/06]
- Order of Business. (25 May 2006)
Michael D Higgins: Undertakings were given that the United Nations convention against corruption would be signed this year. When is it likely to be signed? The understanding on the human rights conventions that arise from the Good Friday Agreement was that Britain and Ireland would take the same position. Has Ireland ratified the optional protocol, the convention against torture?